Comedy Theatre

Today in London: Wednesday 22 May 2013

By TW Editorial | Published on Tuesday 21 May 2013

Strike up the band (The Cure will do) because it’s Goth Day, a day for goths and those that admire their gloomy, monochromatic ways. Hur-rah for that.

Anyway, moving on, here are several ideas of what you London-based ‘Lovecats’ can do ‘In Between Days’ (aka yesterday and tomorrow, aka today)…

TODAY’S COMEDY CHOICES

Two Previews For £5 feat Claudia O’Doherty/James Acaster, The Invisible Dot, 22 May
It’s pretty straightforward, really; ice-cold promotions co The Invisible Dot is hawking a brace of comics – the breathtakingly strange-but-true Claudia O’Doherty and her co-headlining straight, the oh-so adorable James Acaster – for the price of… well, see the title. Details and tickets here.

Bridget Christie – A Bic For Her/Kate Smurthwaite – News At Kate, The RVT, 22 May (pictured)
In this very special preview of her Edinburgh show, the brave and always-brill Bridget Christie has a ‘Bic’ of a go at explaining female phenomena like Tory feminism, ladies-only biros, and Brian Blessed. In addition to that, Fringe vet and high-brow activist Kate Smurthwaite reads ‘The News At Kate’. Details and tickets here.

TODAY’S THEATRE CHOICES

The Blind/The Intruder, Tabard Theatre, 22 May – 1 Jun
As admired at the Old Red Lion Theatre, and soon to play nationwide, this pair of dramas by symbolist maestro and Nobel prize-taker Maurice Maeterlink’s make for a rare theatrical treat tonight at the Tabard. ‘The Blind’ follows a gathering of sightless people abandoned by their guide in a wasteland; whilst ‘The Intruder’ is set amid a family in crisis, with a supernatural twist. Details and tickets here.